first pics after pulling some fabric off

[jgerard]

http://gallery.taylorcraft.org/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=3125

http://gallery.taylorcraft.org/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=3128

I don't think the plywood trim tab is a stock item

http://gallery.taylorcraft.org/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=3131

http://gallery.taylorcraft.org/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=3134

Zoom in and check out that crack. It goes more that 1/2 way arround the tube.

http://gallery.taylorcraft.org/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=3137

Jason
N43643

[dewhitaker]

Re: first pics after pulling some fabric off

Neat Pics! Looks like you have your work cut out for you. Checked out the other pics also, awesome country you live in. Thanks!

[Dick Huish]

Re: first pics after pulling some fabric off

Jason, your trim tab is an early Model D tab. I don't when your ship was built but it may have on your ship from day one. The rest of your tail is also model D. Dick

[mulwyk]

Re: first pics after pulling some fabric off

Jason:
Great photos! Keep em coming.

My BC12-D also had a plywood trim tab. It looked perfect, but when I removed the fabric I found the plywood underneath was completely rotten. The whole thing just crumbled to dust! I had to use the old fabric as a template to make a new plywood structure.

Looking at the photo of the crack in the lower tail section. Do you think the damage was a result of rust or from a "Hard landing"?

Bob Gustafson

[Howard Wilson]

Re: first pics after pulling some fabric off

That crack almost looks like water had frozen in the tubing and split it.

[mhorowit]

Re: first pics after pulling some fabric off

(looks at the picture, looks at his torch)
(looks at the picture, looks at his torch)
(hangs up the torch)
(sighs)

[crispy critter]

Re: first pics after pulling some fabric off

http://gallery.taylorcraft.org/main....g2_itemId=3125

http://gallery.taylorcraft.org/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=3128

I don't think the plywood trim tab is a stock item

http://gallery.taylorcraft.org/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=3131

http://gallery.taylorcraft.org/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=3134

Zoom in and check out that crack. It goes more that 1/2 way arround the tube.

http://gallery.taylorcraft.org/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=3137

Jason
N43643

Jason,
Sometimes it can sure make ya shiver when you find out whats been hiding under that 35 year old fabric...don't it.

[Sloanlow]

Re: first pics after pulling some fabric off

J-

Thanks for showing us the pics. Im sure glad to know someone else is out there at the same level of rebuild that I'm at. I just aquired NC43011 about 30days ago. So far I don't have any of the problems you have. 011 was a west Texas BC12-D.

Would you mind sharing your vision for your ship? I dont have an engine yet but I'm thinking about the c-85 using the harel STC.
[email protected]

Sloanlow
Jim Allison

[jgerard]

Re: first pics after pulling some fabric off

So far I know that I am going to need some of the "C" channel used to make the ribs in the horizontal stab. Looked through my Spruce catalog and didn't find it. Both elevators and the trim tab need some work. Anyone have a serviceable set for sale to help speed up this rebuild?

Jason
N43643

[Carl Ellis]

Re: first pics after pulling some fabric off

So far I know that I am going to need some of the "C" channel used to make the ribs in the horizontal stab. Looked through my Spruce catalog and didn't find it. Both elevators and the trim tab need some work. Anyone have a serviceable set for sale to help speed up this rebuild?

Jason
N43643

Maybe that C-channel is more of the Dahlstrom extrusions that Mike H and I ran into.

http://www.dahlstromrollform.com/

- Carl -

[VictorBravo]

Re: first pics after pulling some fabric off

WOW! That photo of the 300 foot STOL strip shaped like a flatiron is awesome! I'm jealous.

[Doc]

Re: first pics after pulling some fabric off

Hello: As a graduate of Saint Martin's University in Lacey, WA, you made me very homesick for the Pac NW. I have uncovered '46 BC12-D Deluxe N43306 and found light rust on the tail feathers but not the level of corrosion ssen on yours...reflects the difference in climate as I am in South TX now. My '46 has a metal trim tab and actuator that is similar to a replacement trim tab actuator that I have from a '40 BL65. Good luck on your recover and a quick return to theose beautiful woods and mountains! I also liked your engine installation...my A65 is ready to reassemble. Doc

[jgerard]

Re: first pics after pulling some fabric off

[QUOTEJason, your trim tab is an early Model D tab. I don't when your ship was built but it may have on your ship from day one. The rest of your tail is also model D. DickQUOTE]

Hey Dick,

My plane is a 46' s/n 7302 first flight 3/30/46. Are the post war tail feathers the same as the Model D? None of my Tcraft books show the horizontal stab as having diagonal ribs like mine. Any advantage one way or the other? I should be able to use the all metal trim tab (1673-1) right?

Jason
N43643

[jgerard]

Re: first pics after pulling some fabric off

Hey Dick,

My plane is a 46' s/n 7302 first flight 3/30/46. Are the post war tail feathers the same as the Model D? None of my Tcraft books show the horizontal stab as having diagonal ribs like mine. Any advantage one way or the other? I should be able to use the all metal trim tab (1673-1) right?

Jason
N43643

[jgerard]

Re: first pics after pulling some fabric off

http://gallery.taylorcraft.org/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=3326

Threw a few more pics up in the gallery

Jason
N43643